An orthodox chess problem in which White must checkmate Black King in three moves.
Chéron, André vs Mate in 3 moves 1-0 Feuille d’Avis de Lausanne
1930
When I play well, I don’t win!
Maxime Vachier Lagrave 2017
After the 2nd game I could have returned to Moscow. There was only one way I could have won this match.
Boris Spassky (1974)
This one hour allows me to put the problem into the background and then, when I come back, I am much more rational and less emotional about the particular problem and I can think better about it.
G. Borg 2016
Chess is my hobby. I have been playing chess since five years old. I like to play chess, to help chess, sponsoring chess, and attract my business friends to chess in order to develop and popularize chess. Everybody has a hobby. My hobby is chess, boxing and Buddhism.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 2010
My relation with Korchnoi depends on whether he has slept well. If he had bad dreams, he speaks a lot of rubbish.
Anatoly Karpov 2005